\u2022 A small chip with a sound tooth underneath is usually the sort of case bonding handles well, especially when the tooth still feels normal.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A tooth that’s fractured deeply needs more investigation. The visible piece might be only part of the story.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Bite pressure matters too, particularly if you regularly clench or grind your teeth at night. A bonded edge doesn’t enjoy being used as a stress test.<\/p>\r\n
Composite bonding works particularly well when the damage is limited to the edge of the tooth. The dentist shapes tooth-coloured resin directly onto the area and hardens it with a curing light. The appointment is usually fairly quick, and you don’t lose large amounts of healthy tooth structure just to make the repair.<\/p>\r\n
That’s a big reason I like it for suitable trauma cases. It feels less disruptive. You walk out and, after a little while, you stop noticing the repair at all.<\/p>\r\n
Some injuries simply need more than a cosmetic repair. If the nerve has been damaged, that needs attention. If there’s a major fracture, the tooth may need a stronger restoration. And if the tooth is very badly weakened, bonding alone may not give it enough protection.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 Severe pain or lingering sensitivity after trauma deserves a proper dental check rather than a quick cosmetic fix.<\/p>\r\n
\u2022 A large missing section can leave too little sound tooth for bonding to hold securely, and that’s where another restoration may make more sense.<\/p>\r\n
If you’ve chipped a tooth after trauma and the tooth is otherwise healthy, composite edge bonding can be an excellent option. But the word “healthy” does a lot of work here. A dentist needs to assess the tooth before deciding that the visible damage is the whole problem.<\/p>\r\n
And if you’ve recently injured a tooth, don’t wait simply because the chip looks small. Some dental trauma is quiet at first. The tooth may look fine while something deeper needs watching. The Hidden Part Matters \u2022 A small chip with a sound tooth underneath is usually the sort of case bonding handles well, especially when the tooth still feels normal. \u2022 A tooth that’s fractured deeply needs more investigation. The visible piece might be only part of the story. \u2022 Bite pressure matters too, particularly if … Continue reading Is Composite Edge Bonding After Trauma Suitable for Everyone?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7587,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7534\/revisions\/7587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envysmile.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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